Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-03

! o"h NUS EJSllitOT I-lnuQuS W0uI8 L0e
! government to build its own Lines. Senator
Cullom Is In favor Of either constructing
hines or leasing them, and there are a number
OF Others who oppose the whole scheme on the
| found that il will add to the clerical force
Of the government Edmunds wants the
government to run the telegraph just as il
does the postoifces and he thinks such O
system could be inaugurated with little
trouble and little additional expense.
The hangings at Chicago and the sccialistic
elements which have come 50 prominently
before the country within the past year or So
are to be other subjects of congressional dis
cussion, and number of the leading senators
have pronounced ideas on the extension of the
limit Of the naturalization law. Senator
Mitchell, Of Oregon, thinks that foreigner,
should live at least ten years in this country
before they are allowed to vote. and he is not
sure but the limit should te extended u
fifteen years
Labor questions will form another subject
of legislation, and both of the leading PARTIES
will do their best 10 catch the labor vote
Martin Forun, the congresSman of Cleveland.
who started life as a cooper, and who is
looked upon As one of the leaders OF the labor
element, will have new bills 10 Lrupose, and
bills OF similar nature NAV I've expected
from Congressman John ONeill, Of st. Louis
Senator Mitchell, by the way. Is Mrs. Hal
liday's lawyer in the great Ben Halliday will
contest. Ben Halliday died last summer.
having made great fortune in the express
business, and he left from 81 ,aDO, 600 to 81
50O,0OO. Some years before he died he made
a will, in which he appointed s. l.. NJ. Bar
low, a lawyer. of New York; man named
Hampton, of Portland, Ore, and his brother.
Joe Halliday, then rich man at San Fran
cisco, as his executors. Some time after this
will was made he becsiine slightly embarrass
ed, and he borrowed Of his brother Joe $3.50
90, giving him mortgages on certain real
and personal property which he owned in
Portland. These mortgages, at his brothers
suggestion, were made 10 read rs though they
were absolute deeds, and the property which
they covered was about equal 10 the amount
OF the loan Two or three years after this
Ben Halliday concluded to pay Off tbes.,
mortgages, and the property had in the
meantime Increased 10 three times its
value, or IT, about Sl0oO,oOp. He took
s3l5,0O0 to his brother Joseph and asked for
his mortgages. To his surprise his brother
claimed that the property had been sold to |
hirl absolutely, and he intended TO keep it.
b n contested the matter in the courts, and |
t .e supreme court of Oregon decided that the |
rima facie deeds We're mortgages and that !
he property belonged to him. This, of |
,ourse, caused a coolncSS between Ben and |
his brother Joe. They did rot smile as they |
passed by, and had no relations whatever |
with each other When matters were in this |
ct ndition Ben Halliday died In the mean |
tlfne Hampton had died and Joe Halliday |
lad moved to Portland When the will of |
den Halliday was called for no other could |
be found but the one which made Joseph one |
0: bis executors. The law of Oregon pro-
Sides that a nonresident cannot act as the
executor of a will, and Joseph was hence the
soie executor. To this Mrs Halliday derid-
ally objected, and she is now contesting the
viii. One supposition is that Halliday made
another will and that ii was DESTROYED. AMI
Senator Mitchell s.ys he expects to gain hi
use
noticed Il remarkable instance of the ups
md downs Of Washington society in one of
he street cars here yesterday. The car was
'rowded, and number of young men, some
# whom were extreme dudes, had seats. No
a!leS were standing, except one colored ser |
'ant girl At this moment fine looking |
ray haired lady, richly dressed, entered the
ar. She was over the medium height, as
traight as an arrow, and she had one Of the
,indest and most beautiful faces have ever
cen on an old woman. Every line Of her
ace was refined, and though her thick hair
vas of a silvery white, her bright blue ewes
we're full of life. She wore mourning. and
here was crepe veil fastened to her bonnet.
The stepped into the car, and, seeing there
we're no seats, she unassumingly caught hold
( strap and prepared to stand She did
tani for two squares, and none Of thes..
Washington dudes rose to give her a seat
ntil they were asked to do 80 by G gen
icman standing beside me- Still this same
idy was once mistress of the White House.
nd she presided over part of an admins
ration which socially was as brilliant as any
n our history. 1t was John Tyler's daugh-
sr, who is now an inmate of the millionaire
home for old ladies' and who, not
her reduced circumstances, is
S fine a lady as lives in the world today. /
scoSnized her as she took her seat and as she
id SO the contrast between now and nearly
fly years ago entered my mind She was
1en as much feted and toadied rs Mrs.
leveland is today. She must have been
lily rs beautiful as Mrs Cleveland. and 1
oubt not the society columns were full of her
oings and her dresses Then street cars were
Unknown, and her brother John, '.the hand
'mest man in Washington drove his four
l-hand. Now John lives off his income as a |
easury clerk, and his sister is dependent
pom the benefactions of a millionaire
ruiy Dame Fortune cuts strange capers in
lis world Of ours! THOMAS J. Topp.